Senior Content Designer

Department for Transport; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 49,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer pension contribution

25 days annual leave

Flexible working

Career development opportunities

Staff discount portal

Job summary

Department for Transport is seeking a Senior Content Designer to lead the shaping of user‑centred digital services and GOV.UK content. You will work with policy colleagues, service designers, researchers and lawyers to turn complex topics into clear, accessible content.

You’ll design, write, edit and continually improve content across digital products, collaborating to meet user needs while ensuring accessibility and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Expert content writing, editing and proofreading skills.
• Proven ability to translate complex information into plain English that meets user needs.
• Demonstrable experience applying accessibility requirements and editorial style guides.
• Experience using evidence, research and analytics to improve content.
• Willingness to join Content Design Academy and complete the learning content design package.
• Understand or be willing to learn agile working practices.

Responsibilities

• Project managing publishing requests from initial advice to officials to delivery of high-quality content and services on time and on budget.
• Collaborating with internal policy, comms and service design teams to understand needs, pair write content and mark-up to meet tight deadlines.
• Providing advice on the best ways to ensure content and services are accessible and usable.
• Building relationships across the department to increase focus on meeting user needs and improving accessibility compliance.

Skills

Content writing

Editing

Proofreading

Grammar & tone

Accessibility standards

Editorial style guides

Job description

Senior Content Designer

Department for Transport

Location: Birmingham, Hastings, Leeds, Swansea (This role is suitable for hybrid working)

Salary: £44,241 - A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Contract Type: Permanent – Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

Available Positions: 1

Join the Department for Transport's Content Design Team and help create content that makes government services simpler, clearer and more accessible for everyone. As a Senior Content Designer, you will play a lead role in shaping user-centred digital services and GOV. UK content, ensuring people can find and use the information they need quickly and easily.

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will use research, data and user insight to design, write, edit and continually improve content across a range of digital products and services. You will collaborate closely with policy colleagues, service designers, user researchers, legal teams, AI and communications professionals to understand complex topics and turn them into clear, accessible content that meets user needs.

Top Responsibilities

• project managing publishing requests from initial advice to officials to the delivery of high-quality content and services on time and on budget
• collaborating with internal policy, comms and service design teams to understand their needs, pair write content and mark‑up content to meet tight deadlines
• providing advice on the best ways to ensure that content and services are accessible and usable
• building relationships across the department to increase focus on meeting user needs, improve compliance with accessibility regulations and promote early engagement with content designers

For more information on the role and responsibilities please see the full job advert on CS Jobs using the link provided.

Benefits

• employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary – read more about Civil Service Pension contribution rates
• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave)
• 8 Bank Holidays plus an additional Privilege Day to mark the King’s birthday
• access to the staff discount portal
• excellent career development opportunities and the potential to undertake professional qualifications relevant to your role paid for by the department, such as CIPD, Prince2, apprenticeships, etc
• joining a diverse and inclusive workforce with a range of staff communities to support all our colleagues
• 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme providing free confidential help and advice for staff
• flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance

About You

• expert content writing, editing and proofreading skills, including a strong command of grammar, spelling, punctuation and tone of voice
• proven ability to translate complex information into plain English that meets user needs
• demonstrable experience of applying and championing content standards, accessibility requirements and editorial style guides
• practical experience of using evidence, research and analytics to improve content
• member of, or willing to join, the Content Design Academy and complete the learning content design package
• understand, or be willing to learn, agile working practices

This vacancy closes at 23:55 on Sunday 6th September 2026